My background as a journalist has really helped me build out DiabetesMine into an information resource – as well as a networking place – for people affected by diabetes...
Jay Cutler said he'll look into wearing an insulin pump during the offseason to manage his type 1 diabetes. According to the Chicago Sun-Times Cutler tried outfitting himself with one in Denver a short time after being diagnosed but had difficulty keeping it on.
"I tried it out probably a month after I was diagnosed, and we went into camp wearing it, the offseason workouts,'' he said...
A drug commonly used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis now also shows some promise in helping patients newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The drug, rituximab (Rituxan) helped patients continue to produce some of their own insulin...
I woke up this morning a little before 5 a.m. (thanks, Baby Adam!) with a lump in my throat. I don’t mean a metaphorical lump, but an actual sore throat…
It is T minus 24 hours before Thanksgiving, and my family has officially descended. I just spent the morning with my mother at Whole Foods, where…
TikoMed AB, a Swedish biotechnology company focused on development and commercialization of innovative treatments for immune diseases and cell therapies, announced that IBsolvMIR® has been granted orphan drug designation for the prevention of graft rejection of pancreatic islet transplantation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Halloween might be the worst holiday for diabetic kids, but as an adult, I consider it a preview for more difficult days to come. Sure, I’ll…
While many families don’t bother with a first course at Thanksgiving, I like...
A first-of-its-kind consensus statement on diabetes surgery was published online yesterday in the Annals of Surgery. The statement was issued following the first international consensus conference, Diabetes Surgery Summit (DSS), where an international group of more than 50 scientific and medical experts agreed on a set of evidence-based guidelines and definitions that are meant to guide the use...
A big hurray to Catherine Price, whose wonderful essay on being a type 1 diabetic appeared in yesterday’s New York Times Well Blog. It’s a beautifully…